METHOD OF PREPARING ALPHA, BETA-DIFLUOROACRYLIC COMPOUNDS

摘要

The invention relates to a method of preparing alpha , beta -difluoroacrylic acid and alpha , beta -alkyl difluoroacrylates. The inventive method consists in: preparing 2,3-difluoro-2,3-dichloropropanol (I) by radical telomerisation of CFCl=CFCl with CH3OH; oxidising (I) in order to obtain 2,3-difluoro-2,3-dichloropropanoic acid (II); and treating (II) with Zn in order to dechlorinate and, optionally, esterify the acid function before or after the dechlorination step.